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Greek antiquities dating to the 6th and 5th centuries B.C. are displayed during a repatriation ceremony at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece, October 13, 2026, after 22 artifacts illegally removed from Greece were returned by Israel. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
October 13, 2026, 9:08 pm
In first, Israel returns artifacts to Greece amid push to secure return of antiquities
Israel hands over 22 recovered ancient objects that were apparently illegally taken, with both countries hailing increasingly close cooperation in a range of spheres
By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS and Derek Gatopoulos
A barn owl at the Attica Zoological Park, near Athens, on January 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stravrakis)
January 29, 2025, 3:40 pm
An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl unites Jordanian and Israeli scientists
Experts from 12 countries convene in Greece for project that began as Jordanian-Israeli collaboration to protect rodent-eating bird of prey that is boon to farmers across Mideast
By Derek Gatopoulos
An aircraft drops water over a wildfire in Vati village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
July 25, 2023, 10:22 pm
Two firefighting pilots killed in plane crash in Greece during wildfires
Prime Minister Mitsotakis cancels trip to Cyprus; Greek army declares three days of mourning
By Michael Varaklas and Derek Gatopoulos
An aerial view shows smoke billowing in background of Kiotari village, on the island of Rhodes on July 24, 2023.(Spyros BAKALIS / AFP)
July 24, 2023, 1:05 pm
Thousands more evacuated in Greece as high winds and heat fuel wildfires
19,000 people, mostly tourists, moved by buses and boats out of path of fire in southern Rhodes, as evacuations begin on other islands
By Michael Varaklas and Derek Gatopoulos
Survivors of a migrant shipwreck sit at a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, Greece, June 14, 2023. (www.argolikeseidhseis.gr via AP)
June 14, 2023, 6:57 pm
At least 78 killed, dozens feared missing after migrant boat sinks in Mediterranean
Greek authorities says 104 rescued so far after fishing vessel capsizes off coast of Peloponnese Peninsula, in worst such disaster this year
By Derek Gatopoulos
A man holding an umbrella walks past a Jewish restaurant that Greek officials believe was one of the targets of a planned terrorist attack, in central Athens, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
March 29, 2023, 5:54 pm
Greece suspects fixer in Iran paid terror suspects to target Jewish site
Rabbi of targeted Chabad house and Athens Jewish community thank Greek authorities for thwarting alleged attack plot, as officials probe links to Tehran
By Derek Gatopoulos
The marble head of a young man, a tiny fragment from the 2,500-year-old sculptured decoration of the Parthenon Temple on the ancient Acropolis, is displayed during a presentation to the press at the new Acropolis Museum in Athens, November 5, 2008. (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)
March 7, 2023, 6:00 pm
Vatican, Greece ink deal for return of three Parthenon sculpture fragments
Agreement termed ‘donation’ to Orthodox Christian archbishop of Athens rather than transfer of items, but move could add pressure on Britain to repatriate its collection
By Nicole Winfield and Derek Gatopoulos
Lias Kasidiaris, a former Golden Dawn lawmaker who was found guilty along with others of leading a criminal organization and faceed 13 years in prison, looks on during a trial, in Athens, October 21, 2020. (Petros Giannakouris/AP)
February 9, 2023, 3:29 pm
Far-right party banned from upcoming election in Greece
Legislative amendment disqualifies Greek National Party, whose chief is in prison over past leadership of neo-Nazi-linked Golden Dawn; opposition frets law could be abused
By Derek Gatopoulos
Greek air force maintenance staff park a T-6 single-engine turboprop training aircraft at an airbase outside the southern port city of Kalamata, Greece, October 21, 2022. (AP/Petros Giannakouris)
October 21, 2022, 6:28 pm
Israeli-built flight school takes off in Greece, as Athens seeks edge over Ankara
Defense firm Elbit to help manage facility in port city of Kalamata, amid Greece’s efforts to modernize its air force and overtake Turkey
By Derek Gatopoulos
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi speaks to media in Zaporizhzhia on September 1, 2022, as UN inspectors prepare to head to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine (Genya SAVILOV / AFP)
September 1, 2022, 3:32 pm
UN inspectors visit Ukraine nuclear plant as shelling causes reactor shutdown
IAEA says inspectors were delayed on Ukrainian side of frontier but Grossi convinced military authorities to allow team to visit Russia-held plant, where one reactor has been shut
By Derek Gatopoulos
A team of IAEA experts and inspectors leave the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, August 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
August 31, 2022, 7:25 pm
UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant in bid to prevent catastrophe
IAEA staff aim to protect Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe’s biggest, as top EU official accuses Russia of ‘gambling with the nuclear security’ by not demilitarizing the area
By Derek Gatopoulos
People walk around destroyed Russian military vehicles installed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, August 24, 2022. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)
August 24, 2022, 11:46 pm
Russian strike in central Ukraine kills 22 people as country marks Independence Day
Zelensky informs UNSC of deadly attack on train station, says ‘security of the entire world’ at risk over Moscow’s ‘insane aggression’ against his country
By Derek Gatopoulos and INNA VARENYTSIA
A vendor sells blue and yellow balloons in honor of the country's National Flag Day, at Maidan Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 23, 2022. (David Goldman/AP)
August 24, 2022, 9:28 pm
Ukraine marks Independence Day amid fears of heavy bombardment
President Zelensky warns ‘brutal’ strikes by Russians a possibility; congratulatory messages from world leaders also denounce Russia over its campaign
By Derek Gatopoulos and INNA VARENYTSIA
People walk around destroyed Russian military vehicles installed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 24, 2022. (AP/Evgeniy Maloletka)
August 24, 2022, 12:39 pm
Kyiv residents wake up to air-raid sirens on 6-month anniversary of Ukraine invasion
Country’s independence day, which coincides with half-year anniversary of war, proceeds without major fanfare amid fears of Russian attacks; US to announce $3 billion aid package
By Derek Gatopoulos and Inna Varentysia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, center, surrounded by ambassadors of different countries and UN officials, visits a port in Chornomork during loading of grain on a Turkish ship, background, close to Odesa, Ukraine, July 29, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
August 18, 2022, 4:52 pm
Zelensky to host Erdogan, Guterres for talks in Ukraine
Ukrainian president to meet with Turkish leader and UN chief in western city of Lviv, hours after at least 11 killed in Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv region
By Derek Gatopoulos and Suzan Fraser
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